Spa City council adopts high school proclamation to welcome refugees

Saratoga Springs High School Amnesty International club with the Saratoga Springs City Council.

The Saratoga Springs City Council unanimously passed a proclamation welcoming refugees to the community and declaring support for the resettlement of refugees regardless of religion, race, nationality, sexual orientation, gender identity or country of origin.

The proclamation was brought to the council by the Saratoga Springs High School’s Amnesty International Chapter.

Saratoga Springs became the 16th city across the United States to pass such a proclamation.

“We we’re excited that a bipartisan unanimous city council supported this proclamation, which sends a message to Washington that Saratoga Springs endorses ‘a stronger national effort to resettle the world’s most vulnerable refugees,'” Tess Turner, club president, said.